Antwerp meets München

Dear Colleague,

We cordially invite you to the Antwerp Academic Cardiology Symposium organised by the University Hospital Antwerp (UZA) and the Cardiology departments of all the Antwerp hospitals (ZAS Ziekenhuis aan de Stroom, and the hospitals of the Universitair Cardiologisch Netwerk Antwerpen UCNA AZ Klina, AZ Monica, Ziekenhuis St. Dimpna Geel and AZ Voorkempen Malle).

This year we will host colleagues from the German Heart Center München!

As usual for our symposium, speakers will start their lectures with a particular patient case, and illustrate how (their own) research leads to new ways to tackle such daily clinical situations. We guarantee you a great learning experience.

We will organise the event only on-site, in the unique grandeur of the Elisabeth Center at the Zoo of Antwerp. You can easily reach the venue by train or park in the underground parking. This brings you to the heart of Antwerp and gives you the opportunity to enjoy some city tripping with family in the afternoon…

Looking forward to meeting you in Antwerp!

Also on behalf of Prof. dr. Paul Vermeersch and dr. Roeland Vercauteren (ZAS), dr. Frank Cools (AZ Klina), dr. Guy Lenders (AZ Monica), dr. Jan Vermeulen (Ziekenhuis St. Dimpna Geel) and the cardiologists of AZ Voorkempen, Malle,

Prof. dr. Hein Heidbuchel
Chair of Cardiology, UZA
Coordinator, UCNA

Program - Saturday March 11th

Registration, with a coffee and croissant (Butterfly & Darwin hall)

09.00 - 9.05: Welcome | Hein Heidbuchel (UZA)

09.05 - 9.30: InHeart – ultra-advanced imaging-guided VT ablation | Florian Englert, also on behalf of Ass. Prof. Felix Bourier (München)

09.30 - 9.50: Treatment of calcified coronary lesions with rotablation and intracoronary lithotripsy | Vincent Segers (UZA)

09.50 - 10.15: Individualized risk prediction and therapy in cardiomyopathies | Teresa Trenkwalder (München)

10.15 - 10.35: Applicability of the EXCEL criteria to an all-comers PCI cohort of unprotected left main | Speaker TBD (ZAS)

10.35 - 11.00: Coffee break

11.00 - 11.25: New algorithms for electrogram-based ablation strategies in persistent atrial fibrillation | Isabel Deisenhofer (München)

11.25 - 11.50: Exercise in heart failure - what you need to know | Martin Halle (München)

11.50 - 12.10: Risk calculators in cardio-oncology | Constantijn Franssen (UZA)

12.10 - 12.30: New horizons in the treatment of structural heart disease | Michael Joner (München)

12.30 - 13.30: Walking lunch (Verlat hall)

Open Research Discussion Meeting with a focus on Cardiogenetics - Friday March 10th

The goal of the Open Research Discussion Meeting is to provide young cardiovascular researchers (PhD students) from all Flemish universities the opportunity to pitch their research in short presentations, and discuss their research plans and preliminary findings with some of the München Faculty, Flemish promotors and Prof. Harry C Dietz III (Johns Hopkins) who is visiting the lab of Prof. Bart Loeys that week.

The meeting is free of registration, and is open to everyone who is interested.

Venue

Friday, 10h March:

Antwerp University, Campus Drie Eiken, building R, room D.R.003

Saturday, 11th March:

Elisabeth Center, Darwin hall
Koningin Astridplein 20-26, 2018 Antwerp

Contact

Department of Cardiology UZA - cardiologie [at] uza [dot] be

Phone: +32 3 275 73 69

Registration

Please register here before Saturday 4th March (registration is free).

Accreditation

We have applied for accreditation in Belgium.

Doelgroep

Artsen

Type activiteit

Symposium

Organisator

Cardiologie